Item Info

Title:

Ordinance abolishing slavery in Missouri

Date:

January 11, 1865

Description:

"An ordinance abolishing slavery in Missouri. Be it ordained by the people of the state of Missouri in convention assembled, that hereafter in this state there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, and all persons held to service or labor as slaves, are hereby declared free." January 11, 1865. Includes elaborate full-color illustration and signatures. Published by the Westliche Post and Theo. Schrader, Lith.